We signed a contract to sell our house today. Yes we haggled to agreement with the Indians. Now we just have to wait and see if they can actually swing the finance. In the meantime we will start looking for a new home.
I have had a slight change of mind and I am not allowing Mr FD to tempt me with a tree change. It is a Flamingo Dancer’s prerogative to change her mind.
This has resulted from a long pause to reflect on who I am and what I want from the rest of my life. First, I realised how I avoid large shopping centres and crowded car parks like the plague. Our local shopping centre expanded to three times the size it was when we first moved to the area, and ever since I rarely shop there. I rarely shop for anything except food these days.
Secondly, I hate living too close to my neighbours. I don’t need to hear their baby cry or the husband sneeze. So a tree change will allow us privacy. Not only that, but space, countryside; a new way to leave our life.
Now that I try, it is kind of hard to put it all into words as logic is wrapped around by emotion. Wants and needs. I guess, to can take the girl out of the country, but maybe not the country out of the girl.
Not too rural. There are lots of satellite suburbs and small townships within a short distance to where I work and we are considering those, as well as My Hometown, which is probably a 30-40 minute drive from my workplace. A couple of My Friends Who Lunch, my girlfriends from high school, still live there, and it might be kind of nice to get old with them. I would be more likely to go to the gym with them , or go solo in a smaller town, than here in the city.
Mr FD is quite happy with the idea too. I also think he sees a dog in his future and a larger yard would mean less walking duty for him!
Right now, keeping all options open. We may buy an established house, or build. Or maybe I will just go live in the yurt I often fantasise about living in. Either way, it’s the next stage of our lives.
exciting stuff. the world’s your oyster
If only I had a slightly bigger bag of doubloons! It is such a gift to be able to reshape our lives at this time.
For some reason I had never heard of the expression tree change before, but I looked it up. Sometimes it’s difficult weighing the pros and cons of such a big decision, like choosing what sort of neighborhood to live in. I loved living in the woods but it felt a little too isolated when nobody else was home at night. I like having neighbors close by, but dealing with a condo association has proved to be endlessly frustrating. But it’s exciting, too, to plan a new life somewhere else! Wishing you the best of luck!
Phew! I thought I was the only one. But just realized (looking it up too) that it’s a Aussie-term
I think I understand the emotional side of your choice.
Not that it is them same thing, so have been walking around London and saw several houseboat communities – and not that I can explain why, but living that way with only the necessary basics looks very appealing for me right now.
We are not going too rural, rather it will be acre or two acre blocks, not far from others. It will also be in a growth area that is expected to be an expansion area in the near future.
I heartily approve. I don’t understand how people live in cities.
I hate cities. I like being close to doctors and basics such as supermarkets but I hate having to fight traffic.
Great … you can be neighbors with GOF!
There goes his neighbourhood! He is a little too rustic for me. I need to be able to plug in my hairdryer even when it is cloudy!
Added bonus, of course, is that you’ll be closer to Toowoomba. Lots of interesting people live there…
If we were retired Mr FD would have us back their in a flash. Now that we have a grandchild coming in the New Year, I would not like to be more than half an hour away for awhile!
Exciting times!
You are right to keep all your options open!
this is good change!
I am actually looking forward to the life change – once we find somewhere to live and pack everything. We have a month! It will be almost 10 years to the day since we moved into this house and moved to Brisbane.
Congrats on a major step toward whatever you choose for your future!
Thank you – trying to make this our last move before the Forest By the Sea Retirement Resort for Old Flamingo Dancers. It is kind of exciting and luckily I now have 2 weeks break to organise our packing!
Congratulations! And good luck with the decision. How about a bothy rather than a yurt?
A bothy? A little too modern for me!
no yurt? Oh well, I mean, I guess it wasn’t meant to be. Glad that you did haggle away with the Indians, and hope that something just right comes a long. You described near perfectly my town…Close enough to get to things, but far enough out to run with the cows…course we have no culture.
We were touring the town on Sunday and it did remind us we were in “red neck territory” but as Mr FD is an agronomist and has always dealt with farmers he is used to keeping his politics to himself. Plus we spent 25 years in a city that is considered the belt buckle of the bible belt! Our new town will be about 50 minutes from Brisbane and culture when we need a hit.
Great…good luck.
I feel some very positive vibes.